שֶׁקֶץsheqets

detestation, detestable thing (Leviticus 7:21; Leviticus 11:10; Leviticus 11:11; Leviticus 11:12; Leviticus 11:13)

Pronunciation: sheh'-kets · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8263

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 7:21 If you touch anything that is unclean (whether it is human defilement or an unclean animal or any other unclean, detestable thing) and then eat meat from a peace offering presented to the Lord, you will be cut off from the community.”
  • Leviticus 11:10 But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.
  • Leviticus 11:11 They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.
  • Leviticus 11:12 Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.
  • Leviticus 11:13 “These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  • Leviticus 11:20 “You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).